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Well my travel plans have been impacted by recent events.Ã,  One of my connecting flights was cancelled so I'm currently waiting for my booking company to get back to me regarding alternative flight options.Ã,  I'm not holding my breath at this point and think its quite likely that all they'll offer me is a refund.Ã,  I'm very disappointed at that prospect.

I'm bringing a 3 man tent so I can accommodate 2 others.

If people are thinking Canada, then I offer to host next year's Mittens in the Canadian Rockies either Banff or Jasper.  I'd been thinking about suggesting that for a while but was waiting to discuss at this years Mittens.

Quintaros, you'll probably be able to get a bus Valencia-Benidorm... Can you tell us more about your intentions? Bus? Train?

I'm flying into Alicante rather than Valencia.Ã,  Bus? Train?Ã,  Haven't actually worked it out yet.Ã,  Ã, Maybe it's time to get on that.

Edit:  Yeah it looks like I'll be taking a couple of buses.  Since I'm arriving a day earlier than everyone else, I'll spend the 15th in Alicante and take a bus to Benidorm on the morning of the 16th.

I'll be bringing a 2-person tent and am also willing to share with anyone.

Thanks to all who offered their advice, opinions and/or personal experiences.Ã, 

I made many mistakes.Ã,  I'm not yet at peace with all of them but I've made mistakes before and know that life proceeds from them.Ã, 

I can't begrudge Eva for the way she behaved on our last day together.Ã,  I'd created an uncomfortable scenario from which the only escape was to push me away.Ã,  I'm sure it didn't give her any pleasure to hurt me and I know that it was only a fraction of the hurt that I'd caused her.Ã, 

For now I just have to let go and invest my energies into other areas of life as many of you suggested.Ã,  I've been here before.

Okay so last November I broke up with my girlfriend of 3 years.Ã,  The decision was a hard one to make because the relationship was very comfortable but ultimately I felt that I wasn't in love and that remaining with her was settling.Ã,  She was in love and was quite devastated by the break-up.

For 3 years we'd been each others best friend and confidante so it was unimaginable that we would just cease being there for each other.Ã,  She was hurt and I wanted to support her even though I was the source of her pain.Ã,  And so we continued to see each other…ostensibly as friends although the reality of the situation was that we still behaved as a couple except without any promise of commitment.Ã,  This was partly motivated by a sense of obligation to continue caring for her but mostly it was just two people falling into a trap of familiar behaviour.Ã,  The part of me that felt obligated to her was encouraging her to move on with her life and meet someone new so that I could be relieved of my “duties”.Ã, 

We both began to meet new people. Histrionics followed whenever I mentioned a slight spark between me and another girl and it became clear to me that I had to let her move on before I could begin a new relationship.Ã,  So in the mean time she would go on a date, there'd be no chemistry, and she'd return to me.Ã,  I kind of liked it because it was very flattering to my ego to hear that no one else lived up to her expectations.

So this went on for months until about 3 weeks ago when she began telling me of a connection developing between her and a new guy.Ã,  At first it was great to hear as she talked about those butterfly in the stomach feelings that go along with being excited by somebody new.Ã,  She talked of the awkwardness of the first kiss and hug and the first time they held hands and I was totally cool with it.Ã,  I asked her if they had become a couple and she informed me that each of them were still meeting new people for the time being.

So 2 weeks ago was her birthday and she felt it was too early to spend a birthday with a new guy so we made plans to spend the day together and that I would take her to dinner, a movie, and to go shopping for a gift.Ã,  So as we're discussing the plan, I non-chalantly enquired if there was a possibility of sex.Ã,  It seems an insensitive thing to suggest when I know that she is developing feelings for someone new but she'd made it clear to me on the previous encounter that she was taking things slow with him and was still interested in sex with me.Ã,  But this time she guffawed at me and informed me that she'd already begun sleeping with this new guy.Ã,  Well that floored me in a way that I never would have imagined but I tried to play it cool and not let her know.Ã,  Ã, Then I spent the next 36 hours absolutely nauseated by jealousy as I imagined her sleeping with someone else.Ã,  Then, because we have this best friend and confidante relationship, I went ahead and told her just how insane with jealousy I'd become.Ã,  She was really surprised because I'd never once expressed jealousy during our relationship.

So by the time her birthday rolled around my jealousy had runs its course.Ã,  I picked her up and we set out to do all the activities that we'd planned.Ã,  But as the day progressed it became pretty clear to me that she was holding me at a distance.Ã,  She had no sense of humour in conversation, barely made eye contact when we spoke and always maintained a physical distance.Ã,  By dinner, you could cut the tension with a knife and conversation had grinded to a halt.Ã,  Then seemingly out of nowhere she bombarded me with a barrage of criticisms for all the atrocities I'd committed when we were a couple.Ã,  These atrocities ranged from cajoling her into eating her vegetables and buying her pajamas instead of a gift certificate to a spa for her birthday.Ã,  I just sat there dumbfounded as she lambasted me for 3 years worth of petty grievances.Ã,  It was very hurtful and seemed intentionally so as though she was consciously trying to alienate me.Ã,  I had become obsolete to her and wasn't even worth maintaining as a friend.Ã, 

By the time I took her home, we had agreed to break contact for the next couple of months until we had a better handle on where we fit into each other's lives.Ã,  In my head I was deciding that I'd leave it completely up to her to re-establish contact if she chose to.Ã,  Because this was quite possibly the last time I'd see this person who'd been so important to me over the last few years, I felt it was appropriate to go in for one last hug before parting ways.Ã,  She went for the hug but when I kissed her on the cheek she totally pulled away.Ã,  Maybe I'd pushed my luck, but it felt like she was adding insult to injury.

I was pretty mad after that and felt she owed me an apology for the way she'd treated me all day.Ã,  Now, I don't care if I never get an apology…I'd just like to hear from her that she still values me.Ã,  She wouldn't even have to articulate it…just a phone call to rant about a bad day would be enough.Ã,  Alas, two weeks have gone by and this is the longest we've ever gone without communicating.

Is anybody getting to Alicante earlier that the 16th?Ã,  My travel itinerary was altered so now I arrive in the afternoon of the 15th.

I'm from Winnipeg in that I was born there...but no I don't currently reside there.Ã,  Too bad... it seems like it would be an interesting session.

Here I am in front of Alcatraz on recent trip to San Francisco.

If`you're just looking for a show of hands, I would use it.

I don't understand the clues in the Lost Dialogue to align the different stones.

Can anybody please explain them to me?

Name: Forum â€" Quintaros, Real - Darren Reid

Age: turning 27 in 9 days

Female/male: male

1. How long have you been involved in the AGS community?

I first downloaded AGS during Xmas break of 1999.Ã,  I'd lurked on the boards since then eventuallyÃ,  becoming a member in 2002 or 2003.

2. Why did you get involved in AGS?

I had taken a programming course in my first year of university and was instantly hooked.Ã,  After that I began looking for webtutorials to make text adventures.Ã,  I didn't think a graphic adventure was even possible for amateurs until I discovered AGS.Ã,  I've never looked back.


3. How do you feel that the fact that AGS is a freeware programme affect the community that has built up around it?

I think the community as we know it would not exist if AGS began as a commercial program.Ã,  Fewer people, different attitudes.Ã, 

4. How big a part does the AGS community play in your life?

I spend more time using the AGS editor than I do on the forums but I do check the boards regularly (1-3 x per day).Ã,  Ã, I don't post very often and have never been on IRC (but that's mostly because I don't even know how to get there).Ã,  Ã, I'd actually like to be more involved in the community but feel I need to release something to gain any recognition.


5. Have you been involved in making any games using AGS? You may list them if you want.

I have been working on The Prisoner since 2003.

6. Answer these questions if you have been involved in making AGS games:


a. Were you interested in game design/programming before you started using AGS?

Yes, but AGS raised the bar for what I expected to produce.


b. If so, do you feel that you would have got into game design without AGS?

I think I would have dabbled briefly but then moved on to other interests.Ã,  In a parallel universe where Chris Jones released AGS as commercial software, I must be leading a very different life.


c. Do you make games using other programmes, either freeware or not? How does the eperience differ?

No…I use AGS for everything even for non-adventure games.Ã,  This is partly due to familiarity but also I want to eventually combine the non-adventure elements into adventure games.


d. Has AGS inspired you to try and take up game design professionally?

It has caused me to daydream.

7. Do you feel that there is a gender divide in the AGS community?

To some degree.Ã,  The community doesn't have any bias toward/against them but female members do conduct themselves somewhat differently.Ã, 

Female members tend to be more mature and assimilate into the community faster.Ã,  I cannot think of any instance where a nuisance N00B was female.

8. Are you likely to feel differently about a game if you discover it's made by a female? In what way?

If I've played the game, learning that the creator was female will not alter my response to it.Ã, 

If I haven't played the game, I may be more inclined to download it as I tend to have higher expectations of games created by females.

9. Do you feel that AGS makes it easier for females to get involved in computer game design? In what way?

I don't know.Ã,  Perhaps the AGS community feels more welcoming toward female members than other game design communities.Ã, 

10. Do you feel that there is a difference between the types of games created by males and females?

Female AGSers seem to hit their stride faster.Ã,  They don't throw together a crappy game for the sake of making something.Ã,  Ã, They seem to have a clear story in mind that they set out to make and as a result its usually pretty good.

That's not to say that male AGSers don't make good games.Ã,  There's simply a broader range in the quality of the games produced my guys.

11. Any other comments?

The female/male ratio of my faculty in university was also heavily skewed toward the male.Ã,  There weren't many female slackers.Ã, 

My guess is that when a person chooses to pursue something in which they are a minority they tend to be more motivated than the members of the majority.

Done and done.

My first Mittens...super excited now.

Well Google-ing isn't giving me immediate satisfaction due to my inability to read spanish but I'm confident that I can work out some option that is less expensive than the difference in the 2 airfares.  I am in.

What airport(s) are recommended?  Its about 25% cheaper if I fly into Valencia rather than Alicante.  Is that more trouble than its worth?

If all the details have been hashed out, would somebody mind summarizing all the info (perhaps updating the 1st post in the thread)?

I'm itching to book and want to make sure everything's in order.

The Dark Crystal is a guilty pleasure film for me.  It's really not that good but has a strong nostalgia factor.  I'd certainly check out a sequel but it'll have to be superior to the original to really captivate me.

Thanks...I'm still getting some strange results but its no longer crashing.

Edit: Working perfectly now.

I'm still having a bit of trouble using Structs.

In my script header I define a Struct:

Code: ags

struct Goal {
  int destinationroom;
  int destinationx;
  int destinationy;
};

import Goal goal[29];

Then in my Global Script:

Code: ags

Goal goal[29]; // 29 is the number of characters in the game

Then in a room script I have a function that makes a character follow a path and to a room exit and defines the destination parameters for a ChangeRoom.

Code: ags

function FromPavilliontoFreeSea(int chara, Direction dir) {
  if (dir=eForwards) {
    character[chara].AddWayPoint(path1[1].x,  path1[1].y);
    ...
    character[chara].AddWayPoint(path1[6].x,  path1[6].y);
    goal[chara].destinationroom=3;
    goal[chara].destinationx=140;
    goal[chara].destinationy=170;
  }
  else if (dir=eBackwards) {
    character[chara].AddWayPoint(path1[5].x,  path1[5].y);
    ...
    character[chara].AddWayPoint(path1[0].x,  path1[0].y);
    goal[chara].destinationroom=24;
    goal[chara].destinationx=160;
    goal[chara].destinationy=200;
  }
}

In the before fade-in section of the room script I call the FromPavilliontoFreeSea function for one of my background characters.

And then in the RepeatedlyExecute section of the room script I call a function called UpdateGoals() which checks to see if the background character has reached the last node of his path and calls :

Code: ags

  character[i].ChangeRoom(goal[i].destinationroom,goal[i].destinationx,goal[i].destinationy);

Anyway everything compiles but when I go to the room in question the game crashes and I get the following error message:

---------------------------
Adventure Game Studio
---------------------------
An internal error has occured. Please note down the following information.
If the problem persists, contact Chris Jones.
(ACI version 2.71.894)

Error: Unable to create local script: Runtime error: unresolved import 'goal'

Could somebody please tell me what I am doing wrong?

It is called from game start.  Thanks for the explanation.